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Hearthstone Patch 30.4.3 Teaser – Standard & Battlegrounds Balance Update

By: Stonekeep - - Updated:

Blizzard just posted a teaser of the upcoming balance update for both Constructed and Battlegrounds! It’s the third balance update in Perils in Paradise, and the first after the release of The Traveling Travel Agency mini-set. The patch releases “later this week”.

When it comes to Standard, it’s actually a very small patch, with only two nerfs to Big Spell Mage and a single buff. I don’t know exactly what I expected, but I hoped that we’d see more mini-set buffs, as most of the cards have been quite underwhelming.

The patch is mostly focused on Battlegrounds, with over 30 changes to Heroes, minions and pools.

Until the full patch notes are released, we only know what cards are affected and not how! The patch will most likely drop on Thursday (September 26) around 10 AM PT. Patch notes are usually released an hour before the patch itself. Keep in mind that this is just an educated guess based on the previous similar patches, the timing hasn’t been officially confirmed yet.

For now, learn more about the patch below:

Standard

Hearthstone Patch 30.4.3 Standard balance changes. Encircled in green is Turbulus. Encircled in red are Portalmancer Skyla and Surfalopod.

Here’s a full list of Standard cards that are getting changed in the patch:

Nerfs

Buffs

Battlegrounds

And here’s a full list of Battlegrounds changes in the usual teaser images.

Hearthstone Patch 30.4.3 Battlegrounds balance changes. Encircled in green are C'Thun, The Jailer, Ragnaros, Edwin VanCleef, Overlord Saurfang, Guff Runetotem, Captain Eudora, Cariel Roame, Pyramad, Ozumat, Saltscale Honcho, Murcules, Loc Prince, Crackling Cyclone, Sleeping Sea Glass, Living Azerite, Glim Guardian, Amber Guardian, Grease Bot, Ice Fisher, Critter Wrangler, Corrupted Myrmidon, Thundering Abomination, Lightfang Enforcer, Robust Evolution, Channel the Devourer. Encircled in red are Mrglin Burglar, Pilgrimp, Malchezaar Prince of Dance, Famished Felbat, Clunker Junker. At the bottom with an up and down arrow are Hunter of Gatherers, Tidemistress Athissa, Portal in a Bottle. At the bottom with a plus sign are Kindly Grandmother and Slitherspear. With a minus sign is Manasaber.

Stonekeep

A Hearthstone player and writer from Poland, Stonekeep has been in a love-hate relationship with Hearthstone since Closed Beta. Over that time, he has achieved many high Legend climbs and infinite Arena runs. He's the current admin of Hearthstone Top Decks.

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3 Comments

  1. Neorian
    September 26, 2024 at 1:47 AM

    So does it drop today? Do we know anything more officially?

  2. Bloodsage
    September 25, 2024 at 9:02 AM

    Did Hearthstone fire all their game testers? The meta is more lopsided than ever before.
    The Mage/Rogue deck requires more nerfs. Sea Shill and especially Conniving Conman are OP with the new Mage cards.

    • Alglyphic
      September 25, 2024 at 5:42 PM

      Your mileage may vary, but in my limited playing experience, I feel like I have to err on the side of Stonekeep/Old Guardian. Big Spell Mage isn’t unbeatable, and the early builds which I netdecked lost as much to faster aggro decks as they won. I think I prefer the LvGe list that Stonekeep recently profiled, if only because it’s essentially a “shove every good card available together” deck like Hybrid/Tempo Druid in the early PiP days. It has the distinct benefit of having something to do other than pray for the few key cards your deck is built around. But then that build doesn’t run Surfalopod or Under the Sea, so I’m not sure what a nerf to that would do.

      I will agree, though, that having to face Turn 4/5 Tsunami feels miserable, and buffs to the other miniset cards would probably be a vast improvement. The theme is great, but I legitimately cannot recall what most of them are. They’re that unremarkable, or desperately praying that the third set this year redeems them.